Preventing child maltreatment: An evidence-based update

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 280-286

  Gonzalez, A ^a   MacMillan, H ^a  

^a McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences McMaster Innovation Park   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Home visitation program; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 55549135366     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.43512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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